Alligator Alcatraz is closing because it costs too much
Plan (drafter input)
Alligator Alcatraz costs $1 million a day to run. DeSantis is now confirming talks to close it. The same guy who opened it as a political stunt — press conferences, flyovers, the whole thing — is now quietly negotiating its closure because it costs too much. The button: the detainees aren't going free. They're just getting transferred somewhere cheaper. The cruelty was never the point. The photo op was.
Video format fits the punchy, single-beat delivery — one named politician, one specific dollar figure, one clean reversal. Builds on the existing Everglades post but reframes it as DeSantis hypocrisy rather than the facility itself.
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he opened it with flyovers. he's closing it over the budget. the 1400 men inside aren't going anywhere. #immigration #desantis #florida #icantbelievethis
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- Voiceover done elevenlabs · eleven_v3Ti-hjhiAG-ke_voice.mp3$0.11api 15.6smedia 34.0sMay 9, 4:04 PM
- First-frame avatar done fal · fal-ai/flux-pro/kontextTi-hjhiAG-ke_first_frame.png$0.04api 24.2sMay 9, 4:05 PM
- Final done heygen · heygen-v2-talking-photoTi-hjhiAG-ke_final.mp4$1.69api 128.5smedia 28.2sMay 9, 4:07 PM
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